A Worcester cop forced his way into his ex-wife’s home last month and beat a man there, threatening to kill him, authorities said.

William Stout, 44, posted $500 bail after he turned himself in to the Northborough Police on Wednesday at 10 p.m., news partner The MetroWest Daily News reports.

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According to a police report filed in Westborough District Court on Thursday, the veteran Worcester police officer went to his ex-wife’s Shady Lane home on June 17 and began banging on the door, yelling to be let in while yelling profanities.

The report said his ex-wife would not let him and Stout forced a kitchen window screen in and climbed through the window.

"According to (the ex-wife), her ex-husband was in his full Worcester Police Department uniform at the time he forced his way into her house and he did have his gun, which was holstered in his belt/waist area," the report said.

Stout then went to a bedroom, where he attacked his ex-wife’s "companion" by "grabbing him by the neck and punching him several times, striking him in the face and neck area," the report said.

Throughout the attack, Stout yelled "I will kill you," over-and-over, and when the assault was over, Stout told the man he would "murder" him if the man was ever around Stout’s family again, the report said.

Northborough obtained a warrant for Stout’s arrest, and he turned himself in.

Stout, of 33 Brookhaven Road, was charged with home invasion, assault and battery, breaking and entering, trespassing and threatening to commit a crime.

After his arrest, Stout posted $500 bail and was released. He pleaded not guilty at his Westborough District Court arraignment on Thursday. He is due back in court on July 24 for a pretrial conference. As a condition of his release, Stout is not allowed to carry or possess a firearm.

Stout, who has been with the Worcester Police Department for 16 years, is currently on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal police investigation, Worcester Police spokesman Sgt. Kerry F. Hazelhurst said.

"The department’s internal investigation was initiated immediately upon being notified of the incident that led to his arrest," Hazelhurst said.